摘要: |
The Bloomington-Normal Housing Market Area (HMA) is coterminous with the Bloomington, IL Metropolitan Statistical Area. The HMA, which comprises DeWitt and McLean Counties in central Illinois, is located in the heart of America’s breadbasket, halfway between Chicago and St. Louis. Approximately 90 percent of HMA land is used for agriculture, with farms producing some of the highest soybean and corn yields in the nation. The HMA is home to State Farm Insurance Companies (hereafter, “State Farm”) and COUNTRY Financial, which have a combined $3.1 billion economic impact on the HMA, and Illinois State University (ISU), which had a $425.6 million budget in 2015. |